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		<title>Foreground / Background</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreground / Background Originally uploaded by dotnetsensei Hanging out at Gas Works park in Fremont after the Solstice parade.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=468&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, September 24, 2010  ~ Clear liquid diet and 4 walks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slept okay, on and off through the night. Doc came in this morning and granted me rights to a clear liquid diet. Right on!! Red jello, english breakfast tea, vanilla boost, hard candies, ice. Sipping slowly. . . alot of food coloring, From my hospital mate&#8217;s side I&#8217;m sm,elling bacon. My gut is quiet now and I don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=459&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>11 pm 9-23-10 From the hospital I post, ugh!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after posting this morning I was overcome with a horrible tummy ache. I was at work and I tried a short nap but it did not help. I awoke with an aching gut.  I called Tad and he came to get me right away. After about four hours of misery at home we left for the ER. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=452&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 23, 2010 &#8211; Strong &amp; Healthy, Eternally Grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would share this response to one of my readers. Recovery from surgery depends alot upon your own personal state of health and attitude. I had my first surgery in July of 2008. followed by takedown in November. I was 49 years old and in good physical health. The doctors and nurses assured [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=448&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 21, 2009 ~ One month, and one year later</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I barely think about my condition now. I am healthy and lucky, I guess. The days are short and tonight is the solstice. It is already dark up here in the northwest. The curves are back and my face is once more round again. The skeleton days  are a thing of the past. I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=436&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Downtown route</media:title>
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		<title>Raks Meleka &#8211; YMCA Bellydance Benefit</title>
		<link>http://carmenscolon.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/raks-meleka-ymca-bellydance-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raks Meleka &#8211; YMCA Bellydance Benefit Originally uploaded by WordOfMouth<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=434&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flickr</title>
		<link>http://carmenscolon.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/flickr-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mary and Carmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary and Carmen Originally uploaded by onion girl I am happy, healthy and having an absolutely terrific time. I am truly amazed!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=432&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>December 10, 2008 ~ Hannah&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellyluv0sofine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just recieved a comment from Hannah and checked out her blog: Living with Ulcerative Colitis.  I am incredibly moved by her story. This is a young woman with sass and insight. I love you Hannah!! Please read her blog and consider a donation. She, like many Americans is uninsured with a pre-existing condition, ulcerative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carmenscolon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4038771&amp;post=419&amp;subd=carmenscolon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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